Beggar's Sky

In this innovative alien contact novel, trillionaire Igbal Renz has built a starship for a twenty-year journey to Alpha Centauri, but instead only ventures one-tenth of the way with a cargo of frozen scientists and diplomats. As rumors swirl about possible extraterrestrial contact, corporate rivalries intensify, leading to deadly confrontations in the perilous expanse of space. Amidst the chaos, the leaders of the space industry face the harsh reality that no one can thrive in isolation, even in the seemingly limitless frontier of space.